Police said Roybal was walking near Sandoval and Water streets around 8:30 p.m. when some sort of confrontation happened.

Police said they have no suspects.

The beating is the worst violent incident in downtown Santa Fe during Fiesta since a fatal gang-related shooting in 1997. That killing prompted the city to move the event to Thursday from Friday and to not allow food booths to open after the burning of Zozobra.